Rakuro Hizutome

Rakuro Hizutome (陽務 楽郎), best known for his nickname Sunraku (サンラク), is the main character of the story.

Appearance
Sunraku is a lean, thin teenager of average height with blue eyes, and blue hair; the front half looks neat, and the back half is spiky.

The appearance of his avatar in S.L.F. is a half-naked, athletic young man with a blue short with belt, and his trademark blue bird headgear with a yellow beak; as a way to cover up his face after selling all of his armor in the character creation menu for early financial advantage. After he was defeated by Lycaon, he was granted the Lycaon's Marking, a scar-like curse that appears on his torso and leg. The marking negates his usage of equipment in the affected areas, forcing him to continue playing his character half-naked.

Personality
Rakuro is affably relaxed and carefree in person. And he is receptive towards those around him such as letting his mother know that one of her pet butterflies has escaped before leaving for school. But Sunraku's most notable trait is his affinity towards Kusoge(Shit Game); games that are well-known for buggy states, unfair mechanics and awful AIs, thus require serious play skills to finish it. As Pencilgon stated during their fight with one of The Seven Collosi, Wezaemon the Tombguard in Chapter 36, "With Sunraku, the crappier the hand the game deals him, the more motivated he gets and the better he is as a player." He is well known by his friends as a Kusoge fanatic and lunatic. Thus, Rakuro displays his zeal discussing his endeavors of triumphs over bad mechanics and bugs.

Abilities
With his job as a Mercenary (Twin Blade User) (傭兵（二刀流使い)), Sunraku is able to use specific abilities as a skilled swordsman and dual wielder. After Sunraku levels up to level 99 he gets visited by a fortune-teller and gets the arcanum sub job The Fool.


 * Sub job “The Fool” : In exchange for halving the recasting time for skills, the damage and duration of debuffs taken, among others, are doubled, and the success rate of healing items becomes a probability.


 * Screw Pierce (スクーピアス): It can deal a quick blow as a compact attack. It is very powerful, but cannot be fired repeatedly.
 *  Spiral Edge : Evolved form of Screw Pierce.
 *  Spin Slash : A spinning slash area attack.
 *  Accel : Grants a temporary boost to attack power and agility.
 *  Slide Move : Evades an attack with a gliding motion.
 *  Edge Climb : Stick a bladed weapon into a vertical surface to climb.
 *  Flash Counter : Bonus added to counters from parry.
 *  Prefect Parry : Able to parry an enemy's physical attack if executed with exact timing.
 *  Repel Counter : Evolved form of Prefect Parry, Parries one incoming attack and unleashes a counterattack.

Mercenary Twinblade
The Mercenary Twinblade (傭兵の双刃) is a starting weapon for the mercenary (twinblade) job.

Goblin Hand Axe
The Goblin Hand Axe (ゴブリンの手斧) is a blunt weapon that can drop from a Goblin. The weapon itself doesn't have a high durability and it sells for a really low value.

Vorpal Chopper
The Vorpal Chopper (致命の包丁 [ヴォーパルチョッパー]) is a rare drop from the rare monster Vorpal Bunny. The weapon's special effect is giving bonus to critical damage.

Marsh Daggers
The Marsh Daggers (湖沼の短剣) is a craftable weapon at the weapon smith in Secondil. To craft it, the player must collect a rare Marshcoffin Fossil ore. The weapon's special effect halves durability reduction for a time after a critical hit.

Battles

 * Sunraku vs. Ravenous Snake
 * Sunraku vs. Lycagon the Nightslayer
 * Sunraku & Emul vs. Mud Digger

Trivia

 * The bird head Sunraku wears is based on a shoebill